Archives for July 5, 2013

Posts from July 5, 2013

Analouisa Valencia is breaking down barriers in South Carolina as the first out gay contestant to compete for Miss South Carolina, WISTV reports: "Last year, I did compete at state, but I wasn't as comfortable because of the fact I was hidin… Read

The government of Nigeria's website was reportedly hacked on Thursday night by a hacker demanding the government end its support of an anti-homosexuality bill, The Street Journal reports: The attack on the website, Nigeria.gov.ng took place in th… Read

Amid last week's celebrations over the Supreme Courts rulings in favor of marriage equality, one could not help but consider those LGBT people living in states with same-sex marriage bans and zero gay anti-discrimination laws protecting them. Tha… Read

BY OCCUPY THE DISCO / TADEU MAGALHÃES The OXD Mirror is a weekly music column brought to you by the boys of OCCUPY THE DISCO (OXD), a New York City based movement created by three music lovers, Ru Bhatt, Josh App… Read

You may recall that Reverend Paul Scalia, the son of homophobic Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, is a Catholic priest who served as Chaplain for Courage – a Catholic ex-gay group that encourages gays to practice lifelong celibacy and atten… Read

Conservatives are calling on Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla to veto a bill passed in the legislature which contained language that appears to offer a path to legalized same-sex marriage in the country, Tico Times reports: Conservative lawmake… Read

Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis have collaborated on a new Encyclical, a papal circular letters addressed to Roman Catholic clergy intended to summarise a pontiff's thoughts on a particular facet of Church life. The piece of writing released y… Read